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JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH
卷 29, 期 -, 页码 258-266出版社
INT ASSOC GREAT LAKES RES
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70553-X
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mercury; food web; Lake Malawi; fish; invertebrates; carbon isotopes; nitrogen isotopes
Little is known about the concentrations of mercury (Hg) and factors affecting this contaminant in tropical freshwater biota. Lake Malawi, tin East African Rift Valley lake, is internationally renowned for having the highest diversity of fish species in the world, and the lake supports subsistence fisheries for the three riparian countries. In this study the concentrations of Hg in fish and invertebrates collected from the lake in 1996 and 1997 were examined, and tissue stable carbon (delta(13)C) and nitrogen (delta(15)N) isotopes were used to distinguish and contrast those consumers relying upon carbon fixed by either benthic or pelagic primary producers, and their trophic positioning. Concentrations of Hg were generally low (2 to 200 ng/g wet weight) in fish from Lake Malawi. In addition, pelagic fish contained significantly higher concentrations of Hg than the benthic species. As in temperate systems, log-transformed Hg concentrations were significantly predicted by delta(15)N and the highest concentrations of Hg were found in the largest fish within each species. The rate of Hg accumulation was not significantly different between the pelagic and benthic fishes but pelagic species had significantly higher Hg concentrations at a common weight and trophic position. The slope of the Hg-delta(15)N relationship in Lake Malawi was comparable to what has been found in temperate and arctic lakes, suggesting that Hg accumulation in fresh-water food webs is independent of climatic factors and species composition.
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